Editing Edd Roush (section)

==Early life==
Roush was born in [[Oakland City, Indiana]], on May 8, 1893, to parents Laura and William Roush, a dairy farmer.<ref name="Stinson, Mitchell pp.20">[[#Stin14|Stinson, Mitchell]], pp. 20</ref><ref name="sabr"/> A twin, he and his brother Fred (not short for Edward or Frederick, respectively)<ref name="Stinson, Mitchell pp.20"/> each shared a middle initial of J, which was not short for any name.<ref name= "Stinson, Mitchell pp.20"/> The boys worked on the dairy farm throughout childhood. Edd was left-handed, but he learned to throw and bat right-handed early in his career due to the fact that left-handed gloves were scarce in Oakland City.<ref name="Cava, Pete pp.167">[[#Cava15|Cava, Pete]], pp. 167</ref>

He received the opportunity to play for the local semi-pro Oakland City Walkovers<ref name="sabr"/> in 1909 after their regular outfielders failed to appear.<ref name="Ritter, Lawrence pp.243">[[#Ritt92|Ritter, Lawrence]], pp. 243</ref> After collecting two hits the first game he became a starting outfielder. In 1911, once he learned that other players were receiving $5 ({{Inflation|US|5|1919|fmt=eq}}) per game, he transferred to the rival [[Princeton, Indiana]] team.<ref name="sabr"/> In 1912 , he played for the [[Evansville, Indiana]] team in the [[Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League]] (KITTY). He performed well with the team and hit .284 in 1912 and .300 in 1913 when his contract was bought by the [[Chicago White Sox]].<ref name= "sabr"/>